- link to previous progress check: [[Savannah Strasberg Private 61 EOC Flight Recheck]] # Pass Pending Demonstration of Proficiency with Instructor on the Following: - [ ] Forward Slip to a Landing - [ ] Normal Landing - [ ] Soft Field Landing - [ ] Emergency Descent - [ ] Power off Stall # Recheck Items from Previous Progress Check - Recheck Required: - [x] ==**Clearing Turns (ADM / Situational Awareness)**== - [x] [[#Power off Stall]] - [x] [[#Emergency Descent]] - [x] Cross Country Flight Planning / Dead Reckoning / Pilotage - Incomplete: - [x] [[Savannah Strasberg Private EOC Flight#Normal / Crosswind Takeoff and Climb|Normal / Crosswind Takeoff and Climb]] - [x] [[Savannah Strasberg Private EOC Flight#Soft field Takeoff and Climb|Soft Field Takeoff and Climb]] - [x] [[Savannah Strasberg Private EOC Flight#Traffic Pattern|Traffic Pattern]] - [x] Lost Procedures - [x] Soft Field Approach and Landing - [x] Short Field Approach and Landing - [x] Forward Slip to a Landing - [x] Go Around / Rejected Landing - [x] Normal Approach and Landing # General Notes - good job with passenger briefing - ==**make sure to use a full box pattern to check flight controls so that you ensure they are free in all possible deflections**== - ==**leave mixture in idle cutoff position when starting engine until the engine begins to run on its own**== - I would recommend not accepting a right downwind from runway 7 as it gives you very little margin for error and places you very close to the ground in the event of an emergency - always a good idea to listen to the new ATIS when they announce there is a new one and you are still on the ground - this will allow you to see if there are any new conditions which are not conducive to the flight that you are attempting to do - when leveling off: allow airplane to accelerate and then reduce power, do not reduce power until you reach the approximate speed you would like to fly at - when you want to squawk 1200 you can press the VFR soft key - make sure that you lean mixture when cruising (do cruise checklist) # Clearing Turns - good job # Power off Stall - ==**brought nose down to retract flaps, make sure you maintain pitch attitude**== # Emergency Descent - bank angle barely went to 30 degrees for a second, remember go *between 30 and 45* degrees of bank - wait to add power back in until you have reached the speed you want to maintain (same thing as what you should do with power changes during any level off) # Cross Country Flight Planning / Dead Reckoning / Pilotage - remember that if you are departing on 7 and your navlog has you going to the west, there is nothing wrong with starting your timer as you are crossing the airport outbound # Normal / Crosswind Takeoff and Climb - good job # Soft Field Takeoff and Climb - make sure to level off in ground effect # Traffic Pattern - good job # Lost Procedures - you can't ask the evaluator which road is near us - got a relatively close position # Normal / Crosswind Approach and Landing - ==**about 200 feet short of touchdown point**== # Forward Slip to a Landing - good decision go go around on the first attempt - make sure you maintain tracking runway centerline - second attempt: landed about 200 feet short of touchdown point # Short Field Approach and Landing - made touchdown point # Soft Field Approach and Landing - ==**nose wheel touched down just after main landing gear**== # Go Around - made decision to go around because unstabilized approach -> good decision - ==**retracted flaps from full to 0 degrees before accelerating**==